The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts is partnering with the Raleigh Little Theatre to offer a variety of youth and adult theater arts classes from September through December. Designed to excite and develop the artistic vision and creative talents of both the young and young at heart, these courses will spark the imagination and inspire a lifelong connection to theater. Each class will be taught by an accomplished theater instructor in a safe, nurturing environment that encourages exploration of process and self-expression. Class offerings cover a range of theater arts training, and class sizes are limited to allow for attention to individual interests and skill development. “We are extremely excited to bring our award-winning theatre program to the Renaissance Center and share the joy and value of theatre with young people and adults in Wake Forest,” said Linda O’Day-Young, Raleigh Little Theatre’s Youth Theatre and Education Director. “Theatre

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*Join your friends and neighbors in historic downtown Wake Forest Friday night, July 10, for Art After Hours when shops and studios remain open until 9 p.m. Music, free horse and carriage rides and lots of receptions. *The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 11, in the Renaissance Plaza in front of the Renaissance Centre. Food, music and farm-fresh meats, vegetables and fruit, all raised within 75 miles. *The Wake Forest Food Truck Rodeo will be at the Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Sunday, July 12, from noon to 4 p.m. See more in the article in this week’s issue. *The Friends of the Wake Forest Library will hold its annual meeting Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m. in the Northern Regional Center on East Holding Avenue. Wake County Library Director Michael Wasilick will speak and new officers will be elected. Everyone